Oldham’s Local Plan will guide development in the Borough up to 2039. The main purposes of the Plan are to:
- Set out the policies through which the Council will manage development coming forward and use to determine planning applications;
- Identify designations, such as those for the protection of the Borough’s environmental and historical assets, town centres, and employment areas; and
- Facilitate the development of supporting infrastructure, such as transport, education and utilities.
It is being prepared to support the implementation of the Places for Everyone Joint Plan in Oldham. Places for Everyone provides the strategic planning policy framework for the Borough. The Oldham Local Plan will provide the non-strategic ‘local’ policies.
The Oldham Local Plan covers the whole borough except that part which falls within the Peak District National Park (PDNP). Where development proposals lie within that part of Oldham which falls within the PDNP, applicants must consider the Peak District National Park’s relevant planning policies.
Upon adoption, the Local Plan will replace the Joint Core Strategy and Development Management Policies DPD , which was adopted in November 2011, and any saved planning policies from the Unitary Development Plan (UDP) 2006.